All my friends are superheroes - Andrew Kaufman

I was immediately grabbed by this book in the shop.  Quirky cover, good review comments and a synopsis that really piques the interest.

Happily the book doesn't disappoint.  Its a quirky tale about a normal guy who happens to know a lot of superheroes, not your average superheroes but everyday people who have one special ability and not necessarily a good or particularly impressive one.

My reading of the book was that the superheroes are supposed to represent the idiosyncrasies that make people who they are.  How one characteristic can come to define a person and they don;t get to chose what that characteristic is.  But they can chose to change their approach to life and tackle the way they are defined by the world.

A real little gem

How I won the yellow jumper - Ned Boulting

I think the Tour de France is one of the worlds great sporting events.  I follow it every year and have done since first discovering it aged about 10.  So I was always going to enjoy this book as it gave me a glimpse behind the curtain of secrecy around the real tour as opposed to its public face.

But in writing the book in a very conversational and inviting style Ned Boulting has made the book feel friendly and very easy to read.  I'm not sure the book would do much for any non TDF fans but for any cycling or indeed sport fan this is a good read

End of the Year

Well well, its been a little while since I posted last....Christmas, New Year and a load of work got in the way of me reading as much as usual or indeed getting access to the blog.

When I first started this blog one of my goals was to see how much I read in a year.  I've been aware of this throughout the whole year but have made a point of not cheating to get a higher number...no reading short books all year long, I had to read what I wanted when I wanted.  I'm pleased to say I've done that and thoroughly enjoyed myself in the process.  I haven't enjoyed every book equally..there are definite favourites in there and some that while I found them slow in places have made a lasting impression on me.

So the question now is do I carry on.....I've done year and found out that I read a book roughly every two weeks on average.  Not the most exciting revelation but as a bit of a geek and statto I do like to know these things.

I think I will carry on purely because I quite like keeping a record of what I read.  The rest of the world probably doesn't care and  I don't think they really need to.

So 2012.  lets have it.